Simon Jordan is tired of the narrative that FIFA officials have rigged the World Cup for Argentina to retain the title.
After the Albiceleste’s win over Egypt in the Round of 16, many fans around the world believe the tournament has been set up for Argentina to win again.
However, not everyone is of this opinion, as Simon Jordan is beyond baffled that this narrative has become so popular recently.
Simon Jordan says Egypt claiming World Cup is fixed is an ‘uneducated’ claim
Speaking on talkSPORT, Simon Jordan responded to Sean Dyche bringing the Egyptian manager’s claims that the tournament was fixed for Argentina.
Jordan heavily opposed these comments, saying that a manager, or anyone for that matter, cannot make such claims without any evidence to support their hypothesis.
“Of course it is a stupid comment. It’s an uninformed, uneducated, unsubstantiated claim, with no empirical evidence. It’s an uneducated view.
“You can’t detail something is fixed unless you know it to be the case! It’s a stupid comment because it isn’t seeded in anything.
“What the debate is about whether people should be able to say these sort of things and whether the consequences of these things should be far reaching.”
Simon Jordan believes Egyptian manager is too experienced to be making the statements he did.
Speaking further in the podcast, Jordan reiterated the idea that managers, especially experienced ones, must always keep their composure, even in heated situations.
“Once they’ve got into the groove of being a manager, yes of course you can’t take emotion out of situations but you can learn to control your emotions…
“If you’re an experienced manager and you know the interviews are coming after the game, you know what’s expected of you, what you should do and what you shouldn’t do…
“By that time you should be in a position where you control what you say! Irrespective of your emotions because it’s not your first rodeo. It’s not the first time you’ve done it. You’re not inexperienced. You can control these things.
“I don’t think that’s easy to say from the sidelines because while I’ve never done it, I’ve been in plenty of pressure situations in life, business, and in sport, where you know what you should do, could do, and would do…”
Hossam Hassan has been a manager for almost 20 years now, and managed the national team for the past two years.
On top of that, Hassan is also a decorated player, having scored the most goals for Egypt in the nation’s history.
So for him to be as aggravated and reactionary as he was, no matter how justified his emotions may have been, was not a good look.
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